The Future of British Racing: The Next Generation

With four drivers racing under the British flag in Formula One, the British pedigree in racing seems set. Lewis Hamilton has carried the mantle, reinvigorating a generation of Briton’s love in the sport as he broke record after record, catapulting himself to a level of greatness unseen since the days of Schumacher.

Now, fans see the new generation finding their feet with Lando Norris and George Russell settling into number one driver roles at their respective teams and climbing closer to their coveted first championship. Alongside them, Ollie Bearman begins his Formula One journey, beginning in a similar place to Norris and Russell in 2019 with a long future ahead.

While the current Brits on the grid are holding their own, there are still more to come with some incredible British talent beginning to grow across the feeder series. From British F4 all the way to F2. This year, Formula 2, 3, and British F4 will all race alongside the Formula One at the Silverstone weekend, allowing a unique opportunity to display the growing British talent.

However, who are the Brits to watch? Some names are quickly growing, the buzz of a possible F1 seat hovering around them like Arvid Lindblad and Luke Browning in F2. Others are just starting to find their feet and turn heads like Callum Voisin in F3, and Tommy Harfield, and Thomas Bearman in British F4. 
 

Arvid Lindblad 

Arvid Lindblad has quickly become the most notable British driver in the feeder series. Recently acquiring his super licence at age 17 following special dispensation from the FIA after the request from Red Bull. This opens the door for Lindblad to not only take part in FP1 sessions in the 2025 season but also allows Lindblad to move into an F1 seat if the opportunity arises.

However, that’s in the future for the Red Bull Junior and is an example of the hard work and results that got him noticed by the likes of Christian Horner and Helmut Marko in the first place. With Marko dubbing the young Brit as the next Max Verstappen.

Lindblad was born in Northern Surry to a mother with Swedish heritage and father with Indian heritage. At 7-years-old Lindblad began his karting career and quickly found success, winning national titles. When he was 9 years old, he was taken under the wing of current FE championship leader, Oliver Rowland, and it wasn’t long before he made the step up into single seaters.

A year before his switch to single seaters, Arvid Lindblad joined the Red Bull Junior Team. They supplied the young Brit with support throughout his journey in single seaters which helped him reach the heights he finds himself at today.

2022 marked Lindblad’s first year trading Karts for Formula single seaters, joining the Italian F4 season for the fifth round, collecting points with Van Amersfoort Racing.

2023 was the biggest step up. Lindblad traded VAR for PREMA in Italian F4 and immediately found results. In his second season in the series, the Brit took six wins, finishing the championship third. He also competed in both Euro 4 and Formula 4 UAE in the same year, finishing fourth and fifth in respective championships, taking a single win in each.

Into the pre-season of 2024, Lindblad competed in Formula Regional Middle East, taking a win in the second race of the opening round. However, Lindblad’s eyes were on the steps below Formula One, in the series that makes or breaks so many F1 hopefuls. In October 2023, Lindblad began his maiden Formula 3 campaign with PREMA.

Those who didn’t know Lindblad had their heads turned immediately. The Brit won the sprint race, starting his season off with an impressive bang. For a rookie in Formula 3, and one of the youngest on the gird, Lindblad was consistent, calm and undoubtably talented.

The at the time 16-year-old, took four wins including becoming the first driver to ever do the double in F3, taking both a sprint and feature race win in the same weekend. Braving mixed conditions to dominate both races.

Although, after Silverstone Lindblad suffered incidents which kept him out of the points, he finished the season fourth in the standings. The results didn’t matter; it was the performances he had throughout the year that had Red Bull praising him and the discussions of an F1 seat already starting.

In the off season before moving up to F2, Lindblad raced in Formula Regional Oceania. The hope being that the Red Bull Junior would finish in the top four, giving him enough super licence points to race in F1 before the F2 season had even begun.

Lindblad dominated the series. He took six wins, two second places, and four third places. 12 podium finishes in just 15 races. Lindblad won the championship in a spectacular fashion that reinforced everyone’s already growing opinions on the Brit.

His Formula 2 campaign hasn’t been dominant, but as the youngest F2 driver on the current grid, he has still managed to make waves. He became the youngest F2 race winner in Jeddah and then repeated the performance in Barcelona.

Not long after Lindblad’s maiden victory, Red Bull applied for special dispensation for Lindblad’s super licence. In June, they received confirmation and sent him to Imola to test an F1 car for the first time.

Arvid Lindblad is still 17 and he doesn’t turn 18 until August. Yet, it seems more and more likely he’ll find a home in Formula One in 2026. His results are impressive, and his demeanour is outstanding for someone so young.

While many drivers are good, or even great, Lindblad is a name that is already spoken in tandem with generational greatness. It’s not just the raw speed that Lindblad has, although he has plenty, but the maturity and level-headiness he’s shown throughout his junior career so far.

Lindblad has the potential to bring the United Kingdom back to dominating the sport, following in the footsteps of the likes of Lewis Hamilton and is without a doubt one of the most notable up-and-coming names in British racing.
 

Luke Browning 

Racing in the same series as Lindblad is Luke Browning. While he isn’t quite as close to an F1 seat as his Campos counterpart, he still stands in the wings with his role as Atlassian Williams Racing’s reserve and test driver.

Browning saw his career start in the Ginetta Junior Championship where his best finish came with a third place in 2018. He took eight wins and had ten other podiums, an impressive display across the season.

He moved to British F4 and won his debut race; he collected one other victory and a handful of podiums finishing the year in sixth. However, his second season in British F4 is where the young brit truly found his footing.

Seven wins, seven second places, and two third places, with a blinding level of consistency saw Browning take the British F4 title in 2020. 2021 Browning competed in Italian F4, ADAC F4, and GB3, placing third in ADAC F4 most notably.

Once again, he built up momentum year after year, and in 2022 racing in GB3 with Hitech, he won the championship. Five wins and eight other podiums getting him the title.

While Browning found success up the ladder, he had yet to become the notable name he is now. It wasn’t until 2023 when he won one of the hardest races in the junior circuit, the Macau Grand Prix, that he truly saw heads turn.

Macau is often seen as one of the most treacherous circuits on any motorsport calendar and with F3 holding a one-off race there each year, winning it is a sure-fire way to have your name thrown into the F1 conversation. For Browning, it did exactly that.

He was into the closing rounds of his maiden F3 season when he won Macau, with the new support of Williams Junior Academy behind him, which he joined in April of 2023. Once again for Browning, every year built up and he took to his second F3 season desperate for a title.

Browning collected two feature races on his way to finishing third but remained in contention for the title for the entirety of the season. In a series as competitive as Formula 3, to finish just a breath away from a title was nothing short of spectacular.

He continued into Formula 2, first for the final rounds of the 2024 season following Zak O’Sullivan’s departure from the season, and then Browning returned in 2025 for his first full season with Hitech.

So far, Browning’s Formula 2 season has been incredibly consistent. In six rounds the Brit has managed five podiums, and while a win has evaded him so far, consistency in Formula 2 is far more important. Currently, he sits sixth in the championship standings, only 14 points away from the championship lead.

Browning, alongside his F2 campaign, works as William’s reserve and test driver. A role which has seen him take part in FP1 sessions at both Bahrain in 2025 and Abu Dhabi back in 2024. When he raced in FP1 in Bahrain, he left with the fastest time of the other rookies taking part.

Much like Lindblad, Browning is known for his calm, collected approach to the season, constantly chasing results but having the ability to not let a bad result slow him down.

While William’s Formula One line-up currently seems set with Carlos Sainz and Alex Albon, it is clear James Vowles, and the entire Williams team, have their eyes on the 23-year-old for the future.
 

Callum Voisin

Callum Voisin is still in his early career with his first full year in single seater being in 2021. Voisin is Swiss British but chooses to race under the British flag, carrying the history of brits before him as he races.

Much like Browning, Voisin got his start in the Ginetta Junior Championship. In 2021, Voisin collected seven wins, three pole positions, and eleven podium finishes putting himself in sixth in his maiden season.

Both 2022 and 2023, Voisin spent his years in the GB3 championship with Rodin Carlin. He finished his rookie season with three wins and six podiums which earned him an impressive fourth place, but it wasn’t over for the Brit as he came back in his second season hunting down a title.

Voisin finished his second year in GB3 with the championship, with two wins but an impressive 11 podiums under his belt. Voisin made the step up to F3 for 2024 with Rodin Motorsport. He managed to take victory once but finished his maiden season 12th. He returned with Rodin for 2025 and as the halfway point in the season passes, Voisin has found his rhythm.

The Brit managed to get on the podium in Bahrain and has since settled into a rhythm with fairly consistent points result throughout the season. The Brit isn’t far from his points total from 2024 with 10 races left. He sits in ninth with just ten points keeping him from the top five.

In F3, Voisin is still growing, but each year there a flicker of greatness that will propel the Brit forward in his motorsport career. 
 

Henry Joslyn 

When you look to the drivers in British F4, it truly is the beginning of their careers. Fledgling talents only just beginning to be moulded and built up as they climb through the ranks to the likes of F3 and F2 and finally, Formula One.

In the 2025 British F4 campaign, one of the names who turned heads has been Henry Joslyn. The 15-year-old form Abingdon racing with Fortec Motorsport.

Joslyn spent 2023 and 2024 in the Ginetta Junior Championship as the youngest driver in the series in his rookie year. He impressed with 11 finishes inside the top 10 in that year but looked to improve as he took four wins in his second season with eight more podium. 2024 saw the 14, then newly 15-year-old, finish the season in fourth.

In 2025, Henry Joslyn has found performance from the outset. He took pole for Donnington and Thruxton. While he hasn’t been able to maintain the lead and turn it into a win, his consistency throughout the season puts him in fourth and as the leading brit in the category.

While he still has time to hone his craft, the first steps in his career have been made and racing in Silverstone alongside F3, F2 and F1 will bring a new sea of eyes to the young Brit’s career. 
 

Thomas Bearman 

Thomas Bearman came into British F4 with a unique problem. While many of his colleagues are unknown or just beginning to gain traction, Bearman was well known coming into his rookie season. This is due to his brother, Oliver Bearman, who debuted in 2025 as a Haas F1 driver after a surprising debut in Jeddah 2024 with Ferrari.

The Bearman's have been involved with racing their whole lives. However, while Ollie Bearman reached the pinnacle of motorsport, Thomas Bearman is just starting his ascent. 2024 was Bearman’s first year in single seaters, competing in the Euro 4 Championship with Hitech Pulse-Eight.

It was a year of learning for the Brit, and he was determined to keep building up his repertoire joining the final rounds of the 2024 British F4 season, also with Hitech. In the final race of the season, Bearman clinched his first point in single seaters racing which seemingly propelled him forward stoking the desire to compete with the best.

Coming into 2025, Bearman competed in the Formula Winter series where he took his first podium in Barcelona.

However, the true results came in his 2025 British F4 campaign. Bearman has settled into an impressive level of consistency, collecting points in every race until Snetterton in the eighth round. The brit got a podium the next round in Thruxton, finding himself in second and in the third race at Oulton Park the young brit took his first British F4 win.

Bearman sits seventh in the current British F4 standings but with each round the Brit takes a step up looking to follow in the footsteps of his older brother.

British talent is constantly appearing throughout the feeder series and with F1, F2, F3 and British F4 aligning for the same weekend, it presents a unique opportunity for British racing fans to support the established talent as well as those who are just beginning to make a name for themselves.

Putting them on a stage where each performance is both analysed and celebrated by Britons around the world.